Ship Cove in the Marlborough Sounds was where James Cook refitted his ships and rested his crews during his voyages to New Zealand in the 1770s. In 1896 the government made the area a reserve and on 11 February 1913 this monument was unveiled to commemorate Cook’s visits.
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Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives 1913, C-6
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